Surfer Girl

Since I promised to try and make my workouts fun I decided that surfing today would be the best way to mix in some fun with a great cardio / arm workout. I am definitely getting the hang of this surfing thing!

A few tips I've picked up on that I wish I knew the first dozen times I tried surfing:

When you are trying to get up, from your stomach to your feet DO NOT put any weight on your knees, you've got to lunge one leg forward and then just stand up, if you put any weight on your knees it's a done deal!!

Also, put your hands flat in front of your face, palms down like you're doing a pushup. Do not hold on to the sides, that just makes your weight get all shifty up front and you'll fall!

So those are my little pointers. They've worked for me anyway!

Between all of the swimming, pushups, and lunges I definitely feel like I got a great workout today and had a blast at the same time! The accountant in me was curious about how many calories I burned surfing for an hour today (I know, the numbers again)! I found this little tool to come in quite handy - a Fitness Calculator! Love this tool, I'm using it all the time now! I wonder how many calories I burned laying on the beach tanning the rest of the afternoon?? And yes I did use my spf 45!

Work it Girl

Have you done this workout? I remember doing this when I was like 8 years old! It's funny how much has changed, and yet so much still the same!!



And check out that outfit! I think I'm going to go buy one and start wearing it to the gym...I'm bringin' sexy back!



I used to love fitness video's. I used to have a whole collection of them and do them all the time. That, of course, was before I was married and I used to do the video's on Friday night while I was waiting for my then boyfriend to call, it was a great way to spend my time. I used to get so much pleasure out of a good workout and now I feel that I've gotten to focused on a number: number on the scale, number of my jean size, number of calories, number of minutes of cardio...SO many numbers! It has definitely taken the fun out of it. Which is terrible! In order to have a healthly balanced life physical fitness is so important, and since it's so important you've got to make it fun and enjoyable, or the pressure mounts until eventually you give up!

I now resolve to make my workouts fun. That's #1. Maybe I'll try to buy that 1980's Jane Fonda workout!!! Leotard included!!

Another Day

I've lost track of the days. Which is too bad, but everday counts.

Today's Workout:

3x20 Walking Lunges

3x20 Walking Squats

3x20 Walking Side Lunges

2 mile run on the treadmill

150 crunches

30 push-ups

Stretching

All of that in one hour. I've started using my office gym during my lunch break. It breaks up the day really well!